We turned over the new year in Pereira, a town known to be the business end of the coffee region in more ways than one. It is home to both a large segment of industry and corporations from the area, and unfortunately – or fortunately I suppose, depending on one’s proclivities – an abnormally…

Emanating from somewhere deep within the heart of Colombia there is a force, like that of a gigantic magnet, with a pull so strong it attracts weekend wanderers from every corner of the globe, yet so subtle that often a brief visit turns to weeks and even years of time away from the places they…

From the lowlands of La Pintada we climbed to Manizales, Pereira, and finally to Salento, a small mountain town serendipitously situated at the heart of coffee country and just minutes away from Valle de Cocora, both draws for Lonely Planet perusing peso passing tourists, and for good reason; this region is almost magical. Everywhere you…